Stock issues for Ditto. Many of us would have assumed that Pokémon Pokopia would be sticking around in the upper reaches of the UK charts for weeks to come, but stock issues kept it from the top spot in its first week, and it looks like the struggles have continued as we enter week two….
Come sail on a different sea of stars. The Star Ocean series has always occupied a weird spot in Square’s massive catalogue. This sci-fi-focused JRPG series started off relatively strong, but the last few entries have been middling at best and just plain not good at worst. Nonetheless, those earlier games were really something at…
One day the well of dead videogame granddads with overgrown plots of farmland will dry up, but today is not that day. Starsand Island is full of those fuzzy cosy farming sim familiarities,. Despite it doing almost nothing new, I “one more’d” myself through all 10 days of its extended press demo anyway. Starsand Island…
Subscribe via iTunes, Google or RSS, or download here It’s a half-staffed show jam-packed with valuable #content for our dear listeners this week! Join us for lots of Mass Effect Andromeda talk, Justin’s early impressions of Persona 5, and interviews with the teams behind Hob, The Persistence and Farpoint. Phew! Stuff We Talked About Mass…
You’ll gain notoriety If you’re caught robbing people, banging into and aggravating guards, or straight-up murdering folk in Assassin’s Creed Mirage. There are three levels of notoriety that increase your chances of being attacked on sight as each stage progresses, but thankfully, there’s a way to step out of the light and into the shadows…
Best of the best (Image credit: Bandai Namco) 2023 games: Upcoming releases Best PC games: All-time favorites Free PC games: Freebie fest Best FPSes: Finest gunplay On an average day about a dozen new games are released on Steam. And while we think that’s a good thing, it can be understandably hard to keep up…
Amongst all the laptop refreshes, monitor reveals and general CES 2024 tomfoolery, occasionally a product stands out as something a little bit different. Lenovo might be known more for its laptops and pre-built desktop machines than its peripherals, but today it announced a new proof of concept keyboard and mouse that may well be an…
The world of Fantasy Life i: The Girl Who Steals Time is littered with materials you’ll need for crafting. Whether you’re after a new weapon, new armor, or even some new furniture, animal hide is one of those resources you’ll come back to time and time again. It’s one of the first you’ll pick up,…
Larian is, as you’ve no doubt heard, done with Baldur’s Gate 3. There’s no DLC in the pipeline, no sequel around the corner. Swen and co are off to pastures greener, creating something they’re all very happy to tantalise us about while giving no details at all. I’ve decided it’s Knights of the Old Republic…
Yesterday, game developer and technical artist Freya Holmér shared a glimpse at a side-project she’d been toying with: a rotational twist on Tetris, where dropping a piece into place rotates the screen 90 degrees towards the side where your blocks landed. “Been feeling kinda stressed lately so I made a little prototype,” she said. “Is…